Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB4193 Compare Versions

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1	1	86R10636 GCB-F
2	2	By: Allison H.B. No. 4193
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to suicide prevention in public school curriculum and
8	8	certain educational programs concerning suicide prevention and
9	9	substance abuse prevention.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 21.451(d), Education Code, is amended to
12	12	read as follows:
13	13	(d) The staff development:
14	14	(1) may include training in:
15	15	(A) technology;
16	16	(B) conflict resolution;
17	17	(C) discipline strategies, including classroom
18	18	management, district discipline policies, and the student code of
19	19	conduct adopted under Section 37.001 and Chapter 37;
20	20	(D) preventing, identifying, responding to, and
21	21	reporting incidents of bullying; and
22	22	(E) digital learning;
23	23	(2) subject to Subsection (e) and to Section 21.3541
24	24	and rules adopted under that section, must include training that is
25	25	evidence-based, as defined by Section 8101, Every Student Succeeds
26	26	Act (20 U.S.C. Section 7801), that:
27	27	(A) relates to instruction of students with
28	28	disabilities; and
29	29	(B) is designed for educators who work primarily
30	30	outside the area of special education; and
31	31	(3) must include suicide prevention training that must
32	32	be provided:
33	33	(A) on an annual basis, as part of a new employee
34	34	orientation, to all new school district and open-enrollment charter
35	35	school educators; and
36	36	(B) to existing school district and
37	37	open-enrollment charter school educators on a biennial basis
38	38	[schedule adopted by the agency by rule].
39	39	SECTION 2. Section 28.002, Education Code, is amended by
40	40	amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as
41	41	follows:
42	42	(a) Each school district that offers kindergarten through
43	43	grade 12 shall offer, as a required curriculum:
44	44	(1) a foundation curriculum that includes:
45	45	(A) English language arts;
46	46	(B) mathematics;
47	47	(C) science; and
48	48	(D) social studies, consisting of Texas, United
49	49	States, and world history, government, economics, with emphasis on
50	50	the free enterprise system and its benefits, and geography; and
51	51	(2) an enrichment curriculum that includes:
52	52	(A) to the extent possible, languages other than
53	53	English;
54	54	(B) health, with emphasis on:
55	55	(i) physical health, including the
56	56	importance of proper nutrition and exercise;
57	57	(ii) mental health, including instruction
58	58	on mental health conditions, substance abuse, skills to manage
59	59	emotions, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, and
60	60	responsible decision-making; and
61	61	(iii) suicide prevention, including
62	62	recognizing suicide-related risk factors and warning signs;
63	63	(C) physical education;
64	64	(D) fine arts;
65	65	(E) career and technology education;
66	66	(F) technology applications;
67	67	(G) religious literature, including the Hebrew
68	68	Scriptures (Old Testament) and New Testament, and its impact on
69	69	history and literature; and
70	70	(H) personal financial literacy.
71	71	(a-1) In adopting the essential knowledge and skills for the
72	72	health curriculum under Subsection (a)(2)(B), the State Board of
73	73	Education shall adopt essential knowledge and skills that address:
74	74	(1) the relationship between drug and alcohol use and
75	75	suicide;
76	76	(2) recognizing signs of suicidal tendencies and other
77	77	warning signs of suicide; and
78	78	(3) help-seeking behaviors and available community
79	79	suicide prevention services.
80	80	SECTION 3. Section 28.004, Education Code, is amended by
81	81	amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (o) to read as
82	82	follows:
83	83	(c) The local school health advisory council's duties
84	84	include recommending:
85	85	(1) the number of hours of instruction to be provided
86	86	in health education;
87	87	(2) policies, procedures, strategies, and curriculum
88	88	appropriate for specific grade levels designed to prevent obesity,
89	89	cardiovascular disease, Type 2 diabetes, and mental health
90	90	concerns, including suicide, through coordination of:
91	91	(A) health education;
92	92	(B) physical education and physical activity;
93	93	(C) nutrition services;
94	94	(D) parental involvement;
95	95	(E) instruction to prevent the use of
96	96	e-cigarettes, as defined by Section 161.081, Health and Safety
97	97	Code, and tobacco;
98	98	(F) school health services;
99	99	(G) counseling and guidance services;
100	100	(H) a safe and healthy school environment; and
101	101	(I) school employee wellness;
102	102	(3) appropriate grade levels and methods of
103	103	instruction for human sexuality instruction;
104	104	(4) strategies for integrating the curriculum
105	105	components specified by Subdivision (2) with the following elements
106	106	in a coordinated school health program for the district:
107	107	(A) school health services;
108	108	(B) counseling and guidance services;
109	109	(C) a safe and healthy school environment; and
110	110	(D) school employee wellness; and
111	111	(5) if feasible, joint use agreements or strategies
112	112	for collaboration between the school district and community
113	113	organizations or agencies.
114	114	(o) The local school health advisory council shall make
115	115	policy recommendations to the district to increase parental
116	116	awareness of suicide-related risk factors and warning signs and
117	117	available community suicide prevention services.
118	118	SECTION 4. Section 161.325(a-1), Health and Safety Code, as
119	119	amended by Chapter 714 (H.B. 4056) and Chapter 522 (S.B. 179), Acts
120	120	of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, is reenacted and
121	121	amended to read as follows:
122	122	(a-1) The list must include programs and practices in the
123	123	following areas:
124	124	(1) early mental health prevention and intervention;
125	125	(2) [mental health promotion;
126	126	[(3)] substance abuse prevention and intervention;
127	127	(3) [(4) substance abuse intervention;
128	128	[(5)] suicide prevention, intervention, and
129	129	postvention;
130	130	(4) [(6)] grief-informed and trauma-informed
131	131	practices;
132	132	(5) [(7)] building skills related to managing
133	133	emotions, establishing and maintaining positive relationships, and
134	134	responsible decision-making;
135	135	(6) [(8)] positive behavior interventions and
136	136	supports and positive youth development; and
137	137	(7) [(9)] safe, [and] supportive, and positive school
138	138	climate.
139	139	SECTION 5. Section 161.325, Health and Safety Code, is
140	140	amended by adding Subsection (a-4) and amending Subsections (b) and
141	141	(d) to read as follows:
142	142	(a-4) In this section, "postvention" includes activities
143	143	that promote healing necessary to reduce the risk of suicide by a
144	144	person affected by the suicide of another.
145	145	(b) The suicide prevention programs on the list must include
146	146	components that provide for training counselors, teachers, nurses,
147	147	administrators, and other staff, as well as law enforcement
148	148	officers and social workers who regularly interact with students,
149	149	to:
150	150	(1) recognize students at risk of committing suicide,
151	151	including students who are or may be the victims of or who engage in
152	152	bullying;
153	153	(2) recognize students displaying early warning signs
154	154	and a possible need for early mental health or substance abuse
155	155	intervention, which warning signs may include declining academic
156	156	performance, depression, anxiety, isolation, unexplained changes
157	157	in sleep or eating habits, and destructive behavior toward self and
158	158	others; [and]
159	159	(3) intervene effectively with students described by
160	160	Subdivision (1) or (2) by providing notice and referral to a parent
161	161	or guardian so appropriate action, such as seeking mental health or
162	162	substance abuse services, may be taken by a parent or guardian; and
163	163	(4) assist students in returning to school following
164	164	treatment of a mental health concern or suicide attempt.
165	165	(d) A school district shall [may] develop practices and
166	166	procedures concerning each area listed in Subsection (a-1),
167	167	including mental health promotion and intervention, substance
168	168	abuse prevention and intervention, and suicide prevention, that:
169	169	(1) include a procedure for providing notice of a
170	170	recommendation for early mental health or substance abuse
171	171	intervention regarding a student to a parent or guardian of the
172	172	student within a reasonable amount of time after the identification
173	173	of early warning signs as described by Subsection (b)(2);
174	174	(2) include a procedure for providing notice of a
175	175	student identified as at risk of committing suicide to a parent or
176	176	guardian of the student within a reasonable amount of time after the
177	177	identification of early warning signs as described by Subsection
178	178	(b)(2);
179	179	(3) establish that the district may develop a
180	180	reporting mechanism and may designate at least one person to act as
181	181	a liaison officer in the district for the purposes of identifying
182	182	students in need of early mental health or substance abuse
183	183	intervention or suicide prevention; [and]
184	184	(4) set out available counseling alternatives for a
185	185	parent or guardian to consider when their child is identified as
186	186	possibly being in need of early mental health or substance abuse
187	187	intervention or suicide prevention; and
188	188	(5) include procedures:
189	189	(A) to support the return of a student to school
190	190	following hospitalization or residential treatment for a mental
191	191	health condition or substance abuse; and
192	192	(B) for suicide prevention, intervention, and
193	193	postvention.
194	194	SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.